水鶏
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 鶏 |
くいな | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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水鷄 (kyūjitai) |
/kufina/ → /kuwina/ → /kuina/
First attested in the Edo period.
Derivation uncertain. Thought to be a shift from a compound of 食い (kui, stem form of verb 食う (kuu), “to put in one's mouth, eat”) + 鳴く (naku, “to call, said of a bird”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
The kanji spelling means literally "water chicken".
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]水鶏 or 水鶏 • (kuina) ←くひな (kufina) or クヒナ (kufina)?
- the water rail, Rallus aquaticus
- Hypernym: 鶴 (tsuru)
Usage notes
[edit]- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クイナ.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Proper noun
[edit]- a female given name
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 鶏 |
すい Grade: 1 |
けい Grade: S |
kan'on |
Alternative spelling |
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水鷄 (kyūjitai) |
From 水 (sui, “water”) + 鶏 (kei, “chicken”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Etymology at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)
Kunigami
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 鶏 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
Alternative spelling |
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水鷄 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
[edit]水鶏 (fumira)
Derived terms
[edit]- 山原水鶏 (Yanbaru fumira)
Okinawan
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 鶏 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
Alternative spelling |
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水鷄 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
[edit]水鶏 (kumirā)
Derived terms
[edit]- 山原水鶏 (Yanbaru kumirā)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 水
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏
- Japanese terms read with jukujikun
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
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- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese given names
- Japanese female given names
- Japanese terms spelled with 水 read as すい
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏 read as けい
- Japanese terms read with kan'on
- ja:Rallids
- Kunigami terms spelled with 水
- Kunigami terms spelled with 鶏
- Kunigami lemmas
- Kunigami nouns
- Kunigami terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Kunigami terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Kunigami terms with 2 kanji
- xug:Rallids
- Okinawan terms spelled with 水
- Okinawan terms spelled with 鶏
- Okinawan lemmas
- Okinawan nouns
- Okinawan terms with multiple readings
- Okinawan terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Okinawan terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Okinawan terms with 2 kanji
- ryu:Rallids